I strongly encourage everyone to order books from scholastic. I will send home forms monthly, but the books can also be found online using the following link: Scholastic Book OrderThe classroom code is NC9FF. Please note that in order to earn reward points, the book orders will be due about 5 days before the end of each month.
Spelling - Every Monday, we will learn a spelling lesson. After the lesson, students will be required to complete that lesson's corresponding pages in the practice book by that Thursday. They will also have to write out each word three times. We will review on Thursdays, followed by a test, for which I will simply read the words aloud and have the students write them on a sheet of looseleaf paper. If a student gets a 75 or below on a spelling test, he or she must write out the incorrect words 3 times each.
Vocabulary - Every Mondays, we also will work on a unit from the Vocabulary Workshop book. After the unit, the students will be responsible for completing the pages in the Vocabulary Workshop book by that Friday. In their Spelling/Vocabulary copybook, they must write out each word three times, broken into syllables, with the appropriate accent marks. Finally, students must write all of the synonyms and antonyms for each word, making sure to underline the vocabulary words with a ruler and red pen. Unless scores start slipping, students are no longer required to write out the definitions for each word. We will review on Fridays, followed by a test. The test will consist of the following: definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and analogies (the syllable/accent portion of the test has been eliminated). There will be a word bank.
Grammar - On Wednesdays, immediately before learning a grammar lesson, we will have a diagramming quiz, which we will review for the week prior. There typically will be five sentences written on the board, which the students must diagram on a sheet of looseleaf paper. We will work from the Voyages in English book everyday. We will also complete a block of maintenance sheets at the beginning of each class.
Notes
1st Trimester
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https://orders.scholastic.com/NC9FF
I strongly encourage everyone to order books from scholastic. I will send home forms monthly, but the books can also be found online using the following link: Scholastic Book OrderThe classroom code is NC9FF. Please note that in order to earn reward points, the book orders will be due about 5 days before the end of each month.
Spelling - Every Monday, we will learn a spelling lesson. After the lesson, students will be required to complete that lesson's corresponding pages in the practice book by that Thursday. They will also have to write out each word three times. We will review on Thursdays, followed by a test, for which I will simply read the words aloud and have the students write them on a sheet of looseleaf paper. If a student gets a 75 or below on a spelling test, he or she must write out the incorrect words 3 times each.
Vocabulary - Every Mondays, we also will work on a unit from the Vocabulary Workshop book. After the unit, the students will be responsible for completing the pages in the Vocabulary Workshop book by that Friday. In their Spelling/Vocabulary copybook, they must write out each word three times, broken into syllables, with the appropriate accent marks. Finally, students must write all of the synonyms and antonyms for each word, making sure to underline the vocabulary words with a ruler and red pen. Unless scores start slipping, students are no longer required to write out the definitions for each word. We will review on Fridays, followed by a test. The test will consist of the following: definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and analogies (the syllable/accent portion of the test has been eliminated). There will be a word bank.
Grammar - On Wednesdays, immediately before learning a grammar lesson, we will have a diagramming quiz, which we will review for the week prior. There typically will be five sentences written on the board, which the students must diagram on a sheet of looseleaf paper. We will work from the Voyages in English book everyday. We will also complete a block of maintenance sheets at the beginning of each class.
Notes
1st Trimester
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1.1 - Common and Proper Nouns
1.2 & 1.3 - Singular & Plural Nouns
1.4 - Possessive Nouns
1.5 - Collective Nouns
1.6 - Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements
Quiz Review: 1.1 -1.6
1.7 - Nouns as Objects
1.8 -Nouns as Indirect Objects
1.9 - Nouns in Direct Address
1.10 - Words Used as Nouns and as Verbs; & 1.11 - Words Used as Nouns and as Adjectives
2.1 - Singular & Plural Pronouns
2.2 - Personal Pronouns
2.3 -Subject Pronouns
2.4 -Object Pronouns
2.5 -Indirect Objects
2.7 - Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
2.8 - Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
2.9 - Antecedents
2.10 - Pronouns and Contractions
2.11 - Demonstrative and Interrogative Pronouns
3.1 - Descriptive Adjectives
3.3 - Articles
3.5 - Demonstrative Adjectives; 3.6 - Adjectives That Tell How Many; 3.7 - Adjectives as Subject Complements
3.8 - Adjectives that Compare; 3.9 - More, Most, Less, and Least
3.10 - Few, Fewer, Less, and Least
4.1 - Action Verbs & Being Verbs; 4.2 - Verb Phrases
4.3 - Principal Parts of Verbs
4.4; 4.5 - Irregular Verbs
4.7 - Progressive Tenses
4.8, 4.9, & 4.10 - Perfect Tenses
4.11 - Linking Verbs
Chapter 4 Test Review
5.1 - Adverbs of Time, Place, and Manner
5.2 - Adverbs That Compare
5.3 - Troublesome and Negative Words (Double Negatives)
5.4 - There Is and There Are
5.5 - Adverb Clauses
6.1 - Prepositions and Their Objects
6.4 - Coordinating Conjunctions
6.5 - Subordinate Conjunctions
Parts of a Friendly Letter
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Diagramming
9.2 - Indirect Objects
9.3 - Subject Complements
9.4 - Prepositional Phrases
9.5 - Interjections
9.6 - Compound Subjects & Predicates
9.7 - Compound Direct Objects and Indirect Objects
9.8 - Compound Subject Complements
9.9 - Compound Sentences
9.10 - Adverb Clauses
Quiz 1 - Direct Objects
Quiz 2 - Subject Complements
Quiz 3 - Prepositional Phrases
Quiz 4 - Indirect Objects
Quiz 5 - Interjections
Quiz 6 - Mixed (9.1 - 9.5)
Quiz 7 - Compound Subjects & Predicates
Quiz 8 - Compound Direct Objects & Indirect Objects
Quiz 9 - Compound Subject Complements
Quiz 10 - Compound Sentences
Quiz 11 - Adverb Clauses
All homework will be listed on the homework page of this wiki.